Following that reasoning, is Gazprom invading a country? No? Then I guess we should buy their gas. Why not send the latest and greatest ASML lithography machine to Mikron? It's not like they're actually launching the missile using the processor they manufacture.
It would be interesting to know people’s views on sanctions against Russia, as these are a key tool against Russia and the logic is much as you have described here.
My guess is that HN users don’t support sanctions.
And so on. You can see the problem with this...